Salix OS

rhadamanthys wrote:You can try the three packages (awesome, cairo, libev) from
http://radamanthys.de/salix/repo/

These packages are not in the repo:
libev..................NOT FOUND
libxdg-basedir.........NOT FOUND

thenktor wrote: These packages are not in the repo:
libev..................NOT FOUND
libxdg-basedir.........NOT FOUND

I knew I forgot something. Now I uploaded libxdg-basedir on my site, too.

The manual does not work. Did you miss the man page in the package?

thenktor wrote:The manual does not work. Did you miss the man page in the package?

Ok, now with man pages in four different languages.
I hadn't installed linuxdoc-tools on my box, so building the man pages had been skipped.

Well, vbox took a dive on me. When I get the motivation, I'll be setting aside a new partition for Salix.
Earlier someone asked why the freaky wm... The short answer would be raw speed and a distaste for using the mouse/trackpad.
I'll probably start working on it tomorrow. Following the input so far and appreciate it.

OK, I'm testing awesome on my netbook now. At least it is interesting and I think it can improve the netbook usage if I get used to all these hotkeys because using the touchpad is awful

thenktor wrote:using the touchpad is awful

Indeed.

Hi,

so i don't want to play the tiling wm evangelist , but if you like you can try my configuration.
http://radamanthys.de/salix/repo/awesome_eeepc.tar.gz
(Extract this in your .config directory, backup the existing awesome dir and rename awesome_eeepc to awesome.)

I configured it for lazy couch surfing. You can do the most important stuff with the right hand.

Meta-key is the key that advertises windows. With M-1 to 6 you jump directly to a tag (in a way a desktop),
You can flip thru the tags with M-y previos tag *), M-x next tag.
If you have more than one application on a tag, you flip thru them with
M-a previos app, M-s next app.
With M-q, M-w, M-e, M-r, M-t you can start your 5 most wanted applications directly, (they are in the quick launch widget.)
M-Return opens a terminal. M-c closes the current application.

With M-Space you change the layout. Default is Maximized. If you have two apps on a tag and want to see both, just press M-Space and they get tiled horizontically, if you have more than two, press again M-Space and the layout is a kind of magnifier. To change the size of the current window, you use M-KeyUp and M-KeyDown.

The only other shortcut I often use is M-Shift-1 to 6 to move the current application to the specified tag.

For the quick launch apps, you can edit starter.lua to your needs.
*) if you don't have a german keyboard, you should change M-y to M-z, in rc.lua in line 189

zAchAry wrote:

thenktor wrote:using the touchpad is awful

Indeed.

I think it's handier than a mouse for the same reason some people prefer their trackball over the touchpad.

But not on the mini area on my netbook The best touchpad I've seen so far is on a MacBook Pro, it's huge and has a better surface.